Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 10 : Michael L. LaBlanc and Ira Mark Milne, project editors. - 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Vol. 10: Bliss / Katherine Mansfield -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- Death in the woods / Sherwood Anderson -- Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor -- The fat girl / Andre Dubus -- La Grande Breteche / Honore de Balzac -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Jeeves takes charge / Pelham Grenville Wodehouse -- Lullaby / Leslie Marmon Silko -- My first goose / Isaac Babel -- The news from Ireland / William Trevor -- Wandering Willie's Tale / Sir Walter Scott -- The way we live now / Susan Sontag -- The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- Why I live at the P.O. / Eudora Welty.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.



9781414428215


Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Bliss.
Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Catbird seat.
Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Death in the woods.
O'Connor, Flannery. Everything that rises must converge.
Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999. Fat girl.
Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850. Grande Breteche.
Kundera, Milan. Hitchhiking game.
Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975. Jeeves takes charge.
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Lullaby.
Babel, I. 1894-1941. My first goose.
Trevor, William, 1928- News from Ireland.
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Wandering Willie's Tale.
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Way we live now.
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. White horses of Vienna.
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Why I live at the P.O.


Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.

PN3373